At its best -- and the 2008, from which you are sampling, Mike, is one of those -- the Eagle Rare 17, I think, is the underrated sleeper of the BTAC. The lesser ones can be a bit tannic and bitter from the years in wood, but elegance finds a definition in the good years such as the 2008. I'm proud that your palate validates mine, and that we each have a bottle from which to toast the other vicariously for a while, at least.